Saturday, 19 December 2020, 2:15 pm
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new police pursuits policy that restricts most pursuits
of fleeing drivers, will save many lives, including the
lives of police and public, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.
Editor
Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety
campaigner, says the police have shown great courage by
backing away from the ‘cowboy posse’ mentality that has
dominated police pursuits for a century.
“The police
don’t like letting criminals escape, so it’s been very
hard for the police to accept that their existing pursuits
policy was doing more harm than good. Multiple police chases
ended in serious crashes and deaths, often of innocent
And:
E/G is the energy intensity of the GDP
F/E is the carbon footprint of energy
If we want to get F, total carbon to zero, we have to get one of these four factors to zero.
Assuming that at some stage this century we must drive F (total carbon rate) to zero, this implies at least one of these factors must also be zero. But which ones?
Setting P = 0 is the human extinction plan and I think we can rule that one out. Nonetheless humanity is now entering an entirely new demographic state we have never been in before; many developed nations are now at zero or even negative population growth. This has long term implications well worth exploring in a future post.
Press Release – Dog and Lemon Guide Outspoken road safety campaigner Clive Matthew-Wilson has queried suggestions by Coroner David Robinson that cannabis was implicated in six of nine fatal road crashes. In fact, there is little concrete evidence that cannabis was a significant factor …
Outspoken road safety campaigner Clive Matthew-Wilson has queried suggestions by Coroner David Robinson that cannabis was implicated in six of nine fatal road crashes.
“In fact, there is little concrete evidence that cannabis was a significant factor in any these fatalities.”
Matthew-Wilson, who has campaigned for safer cars and roads over 25 years, says:
“The example Coroner Robinson gave was of Thomas Jacob Goodman, 29, who crashed while driving home from a work gathering on the night of November 29 last year. Goodman was found to be almost five times the legal drink-drive limit. He also tested positive for cannabis and its constituent element tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).”
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:55 am, December 17th, 2020 - 66 comments
These are in remarkably good shape. Who would have predicted that dealing properly with a global pandemic would have had better results for the economy than timidly dealing with it and trying to ensure that economic activity continued?
And that making baby boomers stay home and spend their wealth on new kitchens or meals out or local holidays would be much better for the economy than spending the money on overseas holidays or overseas luxuries?
Whatever the reason the country’s figures are looking remarkably good.
A faster and stronger economic rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic will see the government’s finances headed back to surplus sooner than expected, according to the Treasury.
It has never ceased to surprise me that those who profit at the expense of others are so unaware of the harm suffered by those they exploit, and are so convinced that they have a right to do the exploiting and that their profit is a proper and justifiable reward .
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The government’s recent housing package may work; will it do enough?
Trick Question: Does New Zealand have a capital gains tax on housing? If you ask the Prime Minister she will say not. It is true that her government is increasing the scope of the ‘bright-line test’ on non-family homes to .